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06/10 20:40 CDT Stowers, Caissie homer in the Marlins' 8-0 victory over the
Diamondbacks
Stowers, Caissie homer in the Marlins' 8-0 victory over the Diamondbacks
MIAMI (AP) --- Kyle Stowers and Owen Caissie homered and the Miami Marlins beat
the Arizona Diamondbacks 8-0 on Wednesday night for their seventh victory in
eight games.
Otto Lpez had two singles and two RBIs and increased his major league-leading
batting average to .342. He also leads the majors with 28 multi-hit games.
William Kempner (1-0) pitched two innings of relief for his first career
victory.
Liam Hicks singled and tripled for the Marlins. and Heriberto Hernndez singled
and scored twice.
Stowers and Caissie went deep against Arizona starter Ryne Nelson (2-5) in a
six-run fourth. Stowers' three-run drive that landed in the upper deck in right
capped the outburst and made it 7-0. Caissie hit a two-run blast and Lpez
added an RBI single.
The Marlins padded the lead in the fifth on Caissie's sacrifice fly.
Marlins starter Ryan Gusto was pulled after four innings of three-hit ball and
66 pitches. Lake Bachar and Kempner followed with two innings each before Cade
Gibson got the last three outs to complete the shutout.
After finishing with 15 hits in the series opener Tuesday, the Marlins had 10
on Wednesday.
Lpez's RBI single in the third put Miami on the board. Liam Hicks reached on a
two-out triple before Lopez followed with a line drive up the middle to center.
Nelson gave up seven runs and eight hits over four innings. It was Nelson's
shortest outing since he was charged for eight runs and eight hits in a third
of an inning against Toronto on April 19.
Up next Arizona RHP Merrill Kelly (5-4, 5.71 ERA) was set to start Thursday opposite RHP Tyler Phillips (0-1, 2.08). ___ AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb
Up next Arizona RHP Merrill Kelly (5-4, 5.71 ERA) was set to start Thursday opposite RHP Tyler Phillips (0-1, 2.08). ___ AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb
